A review by leelulah
Gender Hurts: A Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism by Sheila Jeffreys

4.0

As every time I read Sheila Jeffreys, I have more material to think the origins, reasons, reach and dismantlement of gender ideology. I disagree with her, however, in the promotion of same sex attraction as resistance and in the conception of essence as merely the "soul" or "the mind", a reason why, she argues, a feminine existence does not exist. Although there can't be any mismatch of soul and body, differences do exist in the way women and men relate to their own bodies and, in consequence, in the way we see others and the world. This, of course, does not mean the sinful inclinations of men and women are unredeemable. But men should be more open to read texts like this, and generally anyone whether they oppose or support "liberal feminism". Again, as a Catholic, I only agree with 80% of what this book tells for its major flaw is to be materialistic. But most of the refutations of transgenderism are on point.